Title |
Permanent Halbach Magnet Proton and Superconducting Carbon Cancer Therapy Gantries |
Authors |
- D. Trbojevic, S.J. Brooks, B. Parker, N. Tsoupas
BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
- W. Lou
Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA
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Abstract |
Hadron cancer therapy facilities are expanding exponentially as advantages with respect to other radiation treatments are localized energy deposition at the tumor and reduction of side effects. The main problem of expansion is the high cost and large size of the facility. The largest cost is the delivery systems, especially isocentric gantries. We present first, the permanent Halbach gantry with significant reduction in cost and simplified operation as all treatment energies are transported from an accelerator to the patient through the same Fixed Field Alternating Gradient (FFAG) structure. The superconducting FFAG gantry also transports at one setting all energies required for the cancer treatment of the patient with carbon ions.
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Funding |
Work supported by Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC02-98CH10886 with the U.S. Department of Energy. |
Paper |
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Conference |
IPAC2017, Copenhagen, Denmark |
Series |
International Particle Accelerator Conference (8th) |
Proceedings |
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Session |
Posters Thursday 3 |
Date |
18-May-17 16:00–18:00 |
Main Classification |
08 Applications of Accelerators, Technology Transfer and Industrial Relations |
Sub Classification |
U01 Medical Applications |
Keywords |
proton, ion, permanent-magnet, focusing, dipole |
Publisher |
JACoW, Geneva, Switzerland |
Editors |
Volker RW Schaa (GSI, Darmstadt, Germany); Gianluigi Arduini (CERN, Geneva, Switzerland); Juliana Pranke (ESS, Lund, Sweden); Mike Seidel (PSI, Villigen, Switzerland); Mats Lindroos (ESS, Lund, Sweden) |
ISBN |
978-3-95450-182-3 |
Published |
May 2017 |
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